Lewis and Clark Expedition

By mara2000

  • The Journey Begins

    The Journey Begins
    The Corps of Discovery leaves Camp Wood and begins its journey up the Missouri River "under a gentle breeze."

  • the corps

    the corps
    The Corps enters the Great Plains and sees animals unknown in the eastern United States.

  • Lewis and clark hire a French-Candian tader

    Lewis and clark hire a French-Candian tader
    Lewis and Clark hire French-Canadian fur-trader Toussaint Charbonneau and his Shoshone wife, Sacagawea, to act as interpreters on the journey ahead.

  • Lewis and Clark send a shipment

    Lewis and Clark send a shipment
    Lewis and Clark send a shipment of artifacts and specimens to President Jefferson; the "Permanent Party" heads west.

  • Lewis and Clark reaches Whiite Cliffs

    Lewis and Clark reaches Whiite Cliffs
    The Corps reaches the White Cliffs region of the Missouri River.

  • the Expedition reach the Columbia River

    the Expedition reach the Columbia River
    The expedition reaches the Columbia River, the last waterway to the Pacific Ocean.

  • Lewis and Clark set off to go home.

    Lewis and Clark set off to go home.
    After a winter of only 12 days without rain, the men present their fort to the Clatsop Indians and set out for home.

  • the Expedition end

    the Expedition end
    Having found an easier route across the country, the men reach St. Louis nearly two and a half years after their journey began and are acclaimed as national heroes.